NIWA has announced its purchase of a $12.7 million dollar supercomputer – the most powerful of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere – for use in environmental forecasting. The computer, which will also support the Natural Hazards Research Platform, was purchased as as it is felt that accurate environmental forecasting is vital to New Zealand’s […]

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Reporter Paul Gorman departs The Press after 14 years, including a stint spent getting to grips with earthquake science.
Paul takes up a position as senior communications advisor at the University of Otago at the end of January, moving south to Dunedin to immerse himself in research – and assist scientists communicate it.
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